Tributes paid to ‘master interrogator’ and ‘true gentleman’ Brian Farrell

Politicians, academics, journalists, and the public have been paying tribute to current affairs mastermind Brian Farrell who died yesterday morning.

The veteran RTÉ broadcaster, author and lecturer, who was 85, had been ill for some time. His funeral takes place on Friday morning after Mass at the Church of the Holy Cross near his home in Dundrum, Dublin.

President Michael D Higgins led the tributes, hailing Mr Farrell as an “outstanding broadcaster and political commentator” who “in so many ways he set the standard for others to follow.”